@@karenstinnett I once showed Sepultura how to return plastic beer glasses in Munich at a Mr. Bungle concert. They were very pretty appreciative of this gesture...
If you have not heard their Old Waldorf show (June ‘78) …it’s what the good old days were made of. I was there in ‘92 (I think it was) seeing them on North Clark in Chicago. I’ll remember to my grave them playing every note of Marquis Moon…all ten minutes. After the show on stage, Tom fixed his gaze on me and it felt like we were the only two people in the room. I felt that I reminded him of someone (6’4”, fit and in the reserves).
They trade off much of the time, but here it does seem like Lloyd is taking more of the lead role. But listen to the live performance of "1880 or So" recorded on a Jools Holland show, and you'll see Verlaine taking the much longer and more inventive solo in that song. It's a powerful performance where we can see the distinct qualities of each guitar player. Lloyd is great, but I find some of his solo work on the Strat to be kind of tinny, high-pitched sound whether hitting notes or hard strumming chords.
I don't think these fellas see a fretboard in the same way many of us see a fretboard. They turn it into something that's just bewitching in the places it can take you. Not to slight Billy and Freddie --- they are too good to tell them so. They know.
LET US NOT BLAME THE BAND CALLED TELEVISION FOR THE TRAGIC DEMISE OF GUITAR GENIUS TOM VERLAINE It's too late to take a train to a place that rhymes with train to watch the band Television play “Venus” with Rip, Ficca & Tom Verlaine. Is it too late to take my new jet plane to hear the guitar band named Television play “Venus” with Billy Ficca & the late Tom Verlaine?
